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It was the fighter plane that flew in the more famous Spitfire s shadow during the Second World War, even though it downed more Nazi planes.
Armed with cannons and bombs, the Hawker Hurricane was responsible for 55 per cent of the RAF s air victories over Luftwaffe pilots and around 70 per cent of kills during the Battle of Britain.
Now, a new documentary shows the moment the daughter of a World War Two Hurricane pilot takes to the skies in her father s plane.
Eugenie Brooks, the daughter of Flight Sergeant John Brooks, is shown shedding tears as flies in the plane in UKTV channel Yesterday s Warbird Workshop episode, which airs on Thursday evening.